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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUD

to make red, used by Spenser, is a different spelling of red. Obs. [See Ruddy. ]

 

RUD

n.[See Red and Ruddy. ] 1. Redness; blush; also, red ocher.
2. The fish rudd.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUD

Rud, n. Etym: [AS. rudu, akin to reád red. sq. root113. See Red, and cf. Ruddy. ]

 

1. Redness; blush. [Obs. ]

 

2. Ruddle; red ocher.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The rudd.

 

RUD

RUD Rud, v. t.

 

Defn: To make red. [Obs. ] Spenser.